In Black Widow, the Red Guardian talks about wanting to show down with Captain America. Well, he’s going to get his chance... sorta. Both David Harbour (Red Guardian in Black Widow) and Anthony Mackie (Captain America in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) are set to co-star in a new Netflix movie that has nothing to…
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This Butterfly May Have Been the First Insect Driven Extinct by U.S. Urbanization
Scientists say they’ve confirmed a decades-old suspicion about the loss of the Xerces blue butterfly in the U.S by the 1940s. Based on genetic analysis of a 93-year-old specimen and others, they say the Xerces blue really was a distinct species of butterfly, rather than a sub-group of another existing species, as some…
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A Super-Pressure Balloon Will Keep This Telescope in the Air for Weeks
A unique telescope is set to launch from New Zealand in April 2022, designed to survey the gravitational lensing that occurs when galactic clusters collide. The instrument, called SuperBIT, will be suspended by a stadium-sized helium balloon in Earth’s stratosphere.
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The CW's Batwoman Is Bringing DC Hero Renee Montoya Into the Fold
The CW’s Batwoman is bringing a familiar DC character into its third season, and she’ll be played by a familiar face, too. Victoria Cartagena, who played former Gotham City cop Renee Montoya on Fox’s Gotham, is now joining the Batwoman cast as... Renee Montoya.
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This Synth Demo Will Make You Experience Feelings You've Never Had Before
Musical product demos aren’t known for producing masterpieces. Typically, they feature a fine technical musician running through a few unnotable bars of a song while they emphasize a specific feature of the gear. Then there’s Realitone’s demo for its Realivox Ladies software which features a segment of sound that…
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Cyberpunk 2077's Retrofuturistic World Is Worth Exploring Beneath the Flaws
When Cyberpunk 2077came out last December, all eyes were on what I like to call “the little game that couldn’t.” CD Projekt Red’s long-anticipated dive into the cyberpunk genre was laden with bugs, glitches, and reports of horrible work conditions for the development team. Six months later, enough patches have come…
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The New iPad Mini Might Be Able to Replace Your Laptop
A fresh new look isn’t the only change we’re expecting to see with the iPad mini this fall. According to a 9to5Mac report, the smallest iPad will be getting an A15 processor, USB-C, and a magnetic Smart Connector. This would be a significant boost in its processing power, but also means you could possibly use the…
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6 Photos Show Siberia’s Raging Wildfire Season
Wildfires raging across usually-frozen land, temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius), smoke blanketing cities—it’s close to apocalyptic right now in Siberia as one of the world’s most northern regions struggles through another intense fire season.
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The CW's 4400 First Look Teases an Intriguing Connection
In USA’s The 4400, which premiered in 2004, thousands of people from throughout various points in recent history—who were all thought to be abducted—suddenly returned as a group in the present day, with no real recollection of what had happened to them. Initially, there was little rhyme or reason to the 4400's mission…
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Ebola-Like Pig Illness Pops Up in Germany, Doesn't Pose a Threat to Humans
Health officials in Germany have reaffirmed that the virus behind African swine fever isn’t likely to endanger humans, even if they eat meat from infected animals. However, the reassurance comes in the wake of the virus recently being found on several pig farms within the country, a troubling development, since ASF…
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Venmo to Stop Snitching
Venmo is discontinuing its longtime policy of telling every stranger on the fucking planet who new users are sending money to and why for no reason whatsoever, according to Bloomberg.
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Biden Assembles the Final Member of His Big Tech Nightmare Squad
President Joe Biden has selected attorney and frequent critic of Google parent company Alphabet to lead the United States Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, the White House announced Tuesday. If approved, Kanter would join the Biden administration’s robust legal team that’s poised to combat Silicon Valley’s…
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G.I. Joe's Real-Life Connection Between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow
In the mythology of G.I. Joe, the link between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow is dense and complex. The two fought together, trained together, and became as close as brothers—only to eventually turn into bitter rivals. That relationship carries over not just into the new movie, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, but its…
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Use This Tool to Check If Your Phone's Been Hacked by the NSO Group's Spyware
If you’ve been watching the news this week you may have heard something about the NSO Group, an Israeli spyware firm that currently stands accused of helping bad actors to hack journalists, politicians, and human rights activists throughout the world.
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Verizon Finally Embraces RCS, Now the Lone Holdout Is Apple
Starting next year, Verizon will make Android Messages the default texting app on all its Android devices.

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Black Widow’s Yelena: Kevin Feige Teases Her Infinity War Fate and More
It’s not every day the president of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, just comes out and shares his company’s secrets. But that happened Monday night during a Black Widow watch party that took place on Twitter. Feige stayed online throughout and told anecdotes, gave shoutouts, and answered fan questions about the film—q…
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Jeff Bezos: So Long, and Thanks for Making Me Rich
Amazon employees and customers should be thrilled to know that the world’s richest man appreciates you for funding his little 10-minute rocket skydive (“space” travel) today. In a post-flight briefing this cowboy hat-wearing motherfucker actually said the quiet part out loud:

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Oh, Absolutely Not, Malignant Trailer
You know what James Wan is very good at? Scaring the bejesus out of you. And with Malignant, he’s back in seemingly very fine form.

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Despite Spread of Infectious Delta Variant, Amazon to Stop Testing Warehouse Workers
The coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. must be over because otherwise, Amazon’s decision to end free testing for warehouse workers might seem rather reckless.

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Jeff Bezos: 'We Need to Move All Polluting Industry Into Space'
Noted cowboy cosplay enthusiast Jeff Bezos visited the edge of space on Tuesday.

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